Man robbed near island bank ATM

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — A 35-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint Saturday night while making an ATM withdrawal from a Hilton Head bank, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s deputies met with the man at his apartment at about midnight after he reported being robbed about 20 minutes earlier.

The victim told officers that he had ridden his bicycle to Wachovia Bank, 1 Greenwood Drive, after leaving work at a nearby Hilton Head Plaza restaurant, reports said.

While making a withdrawal from the ATM, the victim said that a white man driving a blue Ford Explorer pulled up in the parking lot beside him. The driver initially asked the victim for directions to Bluffton, but as the victim responded, the driver got out of the vehicle armed with a handgun.

The suspect approached the victim and demanded money. The victim handed over the cash he had just taken from the ATM. The suspect then got back into his vehicle and fled the scene, leaving the man unharmed.

The suspect was described as a white man in his early 20s, approximately 5 feet 8 inches, 150 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. At the time of the incident he was wearing a gray shirt and black shorts.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Beaufort County Dispatch Center at 524-2777.